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You know the drill — all it takes is one sperm, one egg, and blammo — you've got yourself a baby. Right? Well, in this 2015 episode, conception takes on a new form — it's the sperm and the egg, plus: two wombs, four countries, and money. Lots of money.  This is the story of an Israeli couple, two men, who go to another continent to get themselves a baby — three, in fact — by hiring surrogates to carry the children for them. As we follow them on their journey, an earth-shaking revelation shifts our focus from them to the surrogate mothers. Unfolding in real time, as countries around the world considered bans on surrogacy, this episode looked at a relationship that manages to feel deeply affecting and deeply uncomfortable at the same time.  “Birthstory” is a collaboration with the brilliant radio show and podcast Israel Story, created to tell stories for, and about, Israel. Go check ‘em out! (https://zpr.io/rX3DazcJiUUG)  Israel Story's five English-language seasons were produced in partnership with Tablet Magazine (https://zpr.io/HxYET7psAbPh) and we highly recommend you listen to all of their work at (https://zpr.io/HD3LSqq25LEx)  This episode was produced and reported by Molly Webster. Special thanks go to: Israel Story, and their producers Maya Kosover, and Yochai Maital; reporters Nilanjana Bhowmick in India and Bhrikuti Rai in Nepal plus the International Reporting Project (https://zpr.io/KxN7etFiqWHL); Doron Mamet, Dr Nayana Patel, and Vicki Ferrara; with translation help from Aya Keefe, Karthik Ravindra, Turna Ray, Tom Wasserman, Pradeep Thapa, and Adhikaar (https://zpr.io/MDyadskgwZtH), an organization in Ridgewood, Queens advocating for the Nepali-speaking community.  Audio Extra: Tal and Air had a chance to meet each surrogate once - just after the deliveries, after all the paperwork was sorted out, and before any one left Nepal. As Amir says, they wanted to say "a big thank you." These meetings between intended parents, surrogate, and new babies are a traditional part of the surrogacy process in India and Nepal, and we heard reports from the surrogates that they also look forward to them. These moments do not stigmatize, reveal the identity of, or endanger the surrogates. Tal and Amir provided the audio for this web extra. EPISODE CREDITS: Reported by - Molly Websterwith help from - Maya Kosover, Yochai Maital, Bhrikuti Rai

Continuing with the five senses, what are we doing when we recall something we saw with our grandparents? Brain science has a surprising answer. And your responses to our question about the mental images you associate with your own grandparents are a work of art! EPISODE NOTES An article from the NY Times website covered selfies. Radiolab from WNYC public radio covered Memory and Forgetting in 2007. Highly recommended.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is the story of one particularly devious octopus who lost a limb, was captured by humans — then managed to make an escape from its aquarium tank back into the ocean. This episode comes from our friends at 'Terrestrials,' a podcast presented by Radiolab for Kids.

This is the story of one particularly devious octopus who lost a limb, was captured by humans — then managed to make an escape from its aquarium tank back into the ocean. This episode comes from our friends at 'Terrestrials,' a podcast presented by Radiolab for Kids.

One weekend. An amateur smuggling operation. A wartime mission. The story, in collaboration with Radiolab.

In the weeks following the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, a young doctor in Germany sees that abortion pills are urgently needed in Ukraine. And she wants to help. But getting the drugs into the country means going through Poland, which has some of the strictest abortion laws in Europe. So, she gets creative. What unfolds is a high-stakes, covert-operation run by a group of strangers. With everyone deciding: who to trust? In collaboration with NPR's Rough Translation, we find out what happened. Part 1 of 2 episodes.Special thanks to Wojciech Oleksiak, Katy Lee, Maria Hlazunova, Valeria Fokina, Sara Furxhi, Noel King, Robert Krulwich and Sana Krasikov, and our homies over at Rough Translation. Thanks also to Micah Loewinger and Laura Griffin. Illustrations came from Oksana Drachkovska.  And thank you to the many sources and experts we interviewed who asked to remain anonymous. Episode Credits:Guest hosted by - Greg Warner and Molly WebsterReported by - Katz LasloProduced by - Daniel Girma and Tessa PaoliMixer - Gilly Moonwith mixing help from - Jeremy BloomFact-checking by - Marisa Robertson-Textorand Edited by - Brenna Farrell CITATIONS: Videos Watch Deutsche Welle's Abortion in Europe documentary (https://zpr.io/YHctj4bZQwHM). Podcasts Listen to Eleanor MacDowell's A Sense of Quietness (https://zpr.io/eHhcHusxrhfE) on the BBC. Listen to NPR's Joanna Kakissis's story This Secretive Network Helps Ukranian Refugees Find Abortions in Poland (https://zpr.io/LsQw9V6ByfFg). Our reporter, Katz Laszlo, reports on European current affairs and reproductive health, and produces for The Europeans (https://zpr.io/sHAvrvqU2m8t) podcast, which features stories across the continent, including in Ukraine.  Our collaborators, NPR's Rough Translation (https://zpr.io/9UpCwb2Smjzw) Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)!Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.  

Heather Radke joins Jordan to talk about Butts: A Backstory, the playful invitation of the book's title, the general unruliness of bodies, and the joys of a JSTOR deep-dive. MENTIONED: Jodie Foster's Coppertone ad "Baby Got Back," Sir Mix-a-lot Elizabeth Alexander's "The Venus Hottentot" The Normman & Norma Statues Heather Radke is an essayist, journalist, and contributing editor and reporter at Radiolab, the Peabody Award­–winning program from WNYC. She has written for publications including The Believer, Longreads, and The Paris Review, and she teaches at Columbia University's creative writing MFA Program. Before becoming a writer, Heather worked as a curator at the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum in Chicago. For more Thresholds, visit us at www.thisisthresholds.com Be sure to leave us a review on your favorite podcast platform! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ask Win: http://ask-win.weebly.com. Ask Win sponsor: https://melodyclouds.com. Please donate to Ask Win by going to Payment Venmo Win1195 at https://venmo.com/. Win Kelly Charles' Books: https://www.amazon.com/Win-Kelly-Charles/e/B009VNJEKE/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1. Win Kelly Charles' MONAT: https://wincharles.mymonat.com.   On Ask Win today (Thursday, January 12, 2023), Best-Selling Author, Win C welcomes Elsa Sjunneson, author of Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism. Elsa is a Deafblind disability rights activist whose work has been praised as “eloquence and activism in lockstep.” A story on disability icon Helen Keller that she researched and reported for over a year aired on Radiolab in March of 2022, and her work has been published in CNN Opinion and the Boston Globe. Elsa has presented at Microsoft, Google, Slack, the Federal Reserve Board, General Assembly Seattle, the Henry Art Gallery, and the University of Chicago, among others, and collaborated with New Jersey 11th for Change and the New York Disability Pride Parade. She holds a master's degree in women's history from Sarah Lawrence College and served as an adjunct professor in the Department of Humanities at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. A speculative fiction writer who has taught workshops with Clarion West as well as Writing the Other, she's a two-time Hugo Award winner and nine-time finalist. She lives in Seattle, Washington. To learn more about Elsa email her at elsa.s.henry@gmail.com.

A good game — whether it's a pro football playoff, or a family showdown on the kitchen table — can make you feel, at least for a little while, like your whole life hangs in the balance. This hour of Radiolab, Jad and Robert wonder why we get so invested in something so trivial. What is it about games that make them feel so pivotal? We hear how a recurring dream about football turned into a real-life lesson for Stephen Dubner, we watch a chessboard turn into a playground where by-the-book moves give way to totally unpredictable possibilities, and we talk to Dan Engber, a one time senior editor at Slate, now at The Atlantic, and a bunch of scientists about why betting on a longshot is so much fun. And finally, we talk to Malcolm Gladwell about why he loves the overdog. CITATIONS: Videos -  The Immaculate Reception (https://zpr.io/izhV3Sm88SWF) by Franco Harris on December 23, 1972. Harris was the Pittsburgh Steelers' fullback at the time. Books -  Stephen J. Dubner's book, Confessions of a Hero Worshipper (https://zpr.io/iQUwfF8vGArj) Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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NPR's Life Kit explains a free, simple tool for your parenting toolbox. Called 'special time,' the strategy is widely recommended by children's health professionals to help reduce behavioral issues in young children. Here's a guide on how to do it with your kids at home.This episode of Life Kit was produced by Summer Thomad. Our visuals editor is Beck Harlan. Our digital editor is Malaka Gharib. Meghan Keane is the supervising editor. Beth Donovan is the executive producer.  Our Production team also includes: Andee Tagle, Audrey Nguyen, Clare Marie Schneider, Michelle Aslam, and Sylvie Douglis. Julia Carney is our podcast coordinator. Engineering support comes from Stu Rushfield.For more LIFE KIT, check out our other episodes. You can find those at npr.org/lifekit. And if you love LIFE KIT and want more, subscribe to the newsletter at npr.org/lifekitnewsletter.    

Access WG+ episodes available only on Apple Podcasts -- Similar podcasts: Your Own Backyard,Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura,Witnessed: Friendly Fire,We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle,Vigilante,Up First,Up and Vanished,True Crime with Kendall Rae,True Crime Garage,This Is Actually Happening,This American Life,The Seduction,The Ryen Russillo Podcast,The Ramsey Show,The Rachel Maddow Show,The NPR Politics Podcast,The Moth,The Morning Toast,The Mindset Mentor,The Michael Knowles Show,The Megyn Kelly Show,The Matt Walsh Show,The Know For Sure Pod,The Journal.,The Jordan Harbinger Show,The Glenn Beck Program,The Ezra Klein Show,THE ED MYLETT SHOW,The Draymond Green Show,The Deck,The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,The Dan Bongino Show,The Daily,The Charlie Kirk Show,The Breakfast Club,The Bill Simmons Podcast,The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz),The Ben Shapiro Show,Stuff You Should Know,Something Was Wrong,SmartLess,Small Town Murder,Slow Burn,Serious Trouble,Serial,Radiolab,Pod Save America,Planet Money,Persona: The French Deception,Park Predators,Pardon My Take,On Purpose with Jay Shetty,Ologies with Alie Ward,Office Ladies,NPR News Now,My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark,Murder, Mystery & Makeup,Murder With My Husband,Murdaugh Murders Podcast,MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories,Mother Country Radicals,Morning Wire,Morbid: A True Crime Podcast,Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin,Marketplace,Louder with Crowder,Listening In,Last Podcast On The Left,Kuper Island,Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald,Jocko Podcast,Huberman Lab,History is US,Hidden Brain,FULL SEND PODCAST,Fringe Network: Alien State,Fresh Air,Freakonomics Radio,Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade,Father Wants Us Dead,Dispatches From Myrtle Beach,Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery,Dateline NBC,Cum Town,Crime Junkie,CounterClock,Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend,Caresha Please,Betrayal,Bannon's War Room,Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh,Anatomy of Murder,American Scandal,American History Tellers,Against The Odds,Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos,Adam Carolla Show,20/20,2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer,Chris Lambert,YMH Studios,Campside Media,Glennon Doyle & Cadence13,Kast Media,NPR,Tenderfoot TV,Audioboom Studios & Mile Higher Media,TRUE CRIME GARAGE,Wondery,This American Life,NBC News,The Ringer,Ramsey Network,Rachel Maddow, MSNBC,The Moth,Toast News Network,Rob Dial and Kast Media,The Daily Wire,SiriusXM,B. Simone & Megan Brooks,The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet,Jordan Harbinger,Blaze Podcast Network,New York Times Opinion,Ed Mylett,iHeartPodcasts and The Volume,audiochuck,Dan Le Batard, Stugotz,Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino,The New York Times,Charlie Kirk,iHeartPodcasts,Ascension Catholic Faith Formation,Something Was Wrong | Wondery,Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett,James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman,Slate Podcasts,Josh Barro and Ken White,Serial Productions,WNYC Studios,Crooked Media,Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios,Barstool Sports,Jay Shetty,Alie Ward,Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey,Exactly Right,Audioboom Studios,Cloud10 and iHeartPodcasts,Mandy Matney,MrBallen,Morbid Network | Wondery,Marketplace,QCODE,The Last Podcast Network,CBC Podcasts,Heather McDonald / Midroll,Jocko DEFCOR Network,Scicomm Media,C13Originals | Shining City Audio,Hidden Brain,Full Send,Somethin' Else,Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher,Cadence13,NJ.com,Mythical & Ramble,WNYC,Nick Mullen,Team Coco & Earwolf,REVOLT,iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts,WarRoom.org,Emma Chamberlain and Ramble,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash,PodcastOne / Carolla Digital,ABC News

Access WG+ episodes available only on Apple Podcasts -- Similar podcasts: Your Own Backyard,Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura,Witnessed: Friendly Fire,We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle,Vigilante,Up First,Up and Vanished,True Crime with Kendall Rae,True Crime Garage,This Is Actually Happening,This American Life,The Seduction,The Ryen Russillo Podcast,The Ramsey Show,The Rachel Maddow Show,The NPR Politics Podcast,The Moth,The Morning Toast,The Mindset Mentor,The Michael Knowles Show,The Megyn Kelly Show,The Matt Walsh Show,The Know For Sure Pod,The Journal.,The Jordan Harbinger Show,The Glenn Beck Program,The Ezra Klein Show,THE ED MYLETT SHOW,The Draymond Green Show,The Deck,The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,The Dan Bongino Show,The Daily,The Charlie Kirk Show,The Breakfast Club,The Bill Simmons Podcast,The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz),The Ben Shapiro Show,Stuff You Should Know,Something Was Wrong,SmartLess,Small Town Murder,Slow Burn,Serious Trouble,Serial,Radiolab,Pod Save America,Planet Money,Persona: The French Deception,Park Predators,Pardon My Take,On Purpose with Jay Shetty,Ologies with Alie Ward,Office Ladies,NPR News Now,My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark,Murder, Mystery & Makeup,Murder With My Husband,Murdaugh Murders Podcast,MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories,Mother Country Radicals,Morning Wire,Morbid: A True Crime Podcast,Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin,Marketplace,Louder with Crowder,Listening In,Last Podcast On The Left,Kuper Island,Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald,Jocko Podcast,Huberman Lab,History is US,Hidden Brain,FULL SEND PODCAST,Fringe Network: Alien State,Fresh Air,Freakonomics Radio,Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade,Father Wants Us Dead,Dispatches From Myrtle Beach,Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery,Dateline NBC,Cum Town,Crime Junkie,CounterClock,Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend,Caresha Please,Betrayal,Bannon's War Room,Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh,Anatomy of Murder,American Scandal,American History Tellers,Against The Odds,Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos,Adam Carolla Show,20/20,2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer,Chris Lambert,YMH Studios,Campside Media,Glennon Doyle & Cadence13,Kast Media,NPR,Tenderfoot TV,Audioboom Studios & Mile Higher Media,TRUE CRIME GARAGE,Wondery,This American Life,NBC News,The Ringer,Ramsey Network,Rachel Maddow, MSNBC,The Moth,Toast News Network,Rob Dial and Kast Media,The Daily Wire,SiriusXM,B. Simone & Megan Brooks,The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet,Jordan Harbinger,Blaze Podcast Network,New York Times Opinion,Ed Mylett,iHeartPodcasts and The Volume,audiochuck,Dan Le Batard, Stugotz,Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino,The New York Times,Charlie Kirk,iHeartPodcasts,Ascension Catholic Faith Formation,Something Was Wrong | Wondery,Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett,James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman,Slate Podcasts,Josh Barro and Ken White,Serial Productions,WNYC Studios,Crooked Media,Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios,Barstool Sports,Jay Shetty,Alie Ward,Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey,Exactly Right,Audioboom Studios,Cloud10 and iHeartPodcasts,Mandy Matney,MrBallen,Morbid Network | Wondery,Marketplace,QCODE,The Last Podcast Network,CBC Podcasts,Heather McDonald / Midroll,Jocko DEFCOR Network,Scicomm Media,C13Originals | Shining City Audio,Hidden Brain,Full Send,Somethin' Else,Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher,Cadence13,NJ.com,Mythical & Ramble,WNYC,Nick Mullen,Team Coco & Earwolf,REVOLT,iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts,WarRoom.org,Emma Chamberlain and Ramble,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash,PodcastOne / Carolla Digital,ABC News

Access WG+ episodes available only on Apple Podcasts -- Similar podcasts: Your Own Backyard,Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura,Witnessed: Friendly Fire,We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle,Vigilante,Up First,Up and Vanished,True Crime with Kendall Rae,True Crime Garage,This Is Actually Happening,This American Life,The Seduction,The Ryen Russillo Podcast,The Ramsey Show,The Rachel Maddow Show,The NPR Politics Podcast,The Moth,The Morning Toast,The Mindset Mentor,The Michael Knowles Show,The Megyn Kelly Show,The Matt Walsh Show,The Know For Sure Pod,The Journal.,The Jordan Harbinger Show,The Glenn Beck Program,The Ezra Klein Show,THE ED MYLETT SHOW,The Draymond Green Show,The Deck,The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,The Dan Bongino Show,The Daily,The Charlie Kirk Show,The Breakfast Club,The Bill Simmons Podcast,The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz),The Ben Shapiro Show,Stuff You Should Know,Something Was Wrong,SmartLess,Small Town Murder,Slow Burn,Serious Trouble,Serial,Radiolab,Pod Save America,Planet Money,Persona: The French Deception,Park Predators,Pardon My Take,On Purpose with Jay Shetty,Ologies with Alie Ward,Office Ladies,NPR News Now,My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark,Murder, Mystery & Makeup,Murder With My Husband,Murdaugh Murders Podcast,MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories,Mother Country Radicals,Morning Wire,Morbid: A True Crime Podcast,Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin,Marketplace,Louder with Crowder,Listening In,Last Podcast On The Left,Kuper Island,Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald,Jocko Podcast,Huberman Lab,History is US,Hidden Brain,FULL SEND PODCAST,Fringe Network: Alien State,Fresh Air,Freakonomics Radio,Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade,Father Wants Us Dead,Dispatches From Myrtle Beach,Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery,Dateline NBC,Cum Town,Crime Junkie,CounterClock,Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend,Caresha Please,Betrayal,Bannon's War Room,Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh,Anatomy of Murder,American Scandal,American History Tellers,Against The Odds,Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos,Adam Carolla Show,20/20,2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer,Chris Lambert,YMH Studios,Campside Media,Glennon Doyle & Cadence13,Kast Media,NPR,Tenderfoot TV,Audioboom Studios & Mile Higher Media,TRUE CRIME GARAGE,Wondery,This American Life,NBC News,The Ringer,Ramsey Network,Rachel Maddow, MSNBC,The Moth,Toast News Network,Rob Dial and Kast Media,The Daily Wire,SiriusXM,B. Simone & Megan Brooks,The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet,Jordan Harbinger,Blaze Podcast Network,New York Times Opinion,Ed Mylett,iHeartPodcasts and The Volume,audiochuck,Dan Le Batard, Stugotz,Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino,The New York Times,Charlie Kirk,iHeartPodcasts,Ascension Catholic Faith Formation,Something Was Wrong | Wondery,Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett,James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman,Slate Podcasts,Josh Barro and Ken White,Serial Productions,WNYC Studios,Crooked Media,Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios,Barstool Sports,Jay Shetty,Alie Ward,Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey,Exactly Right,Audioboom Studios,Cloud10 and iHeartPodcasts,Mandy Matney,MrBallen,Morbid Network | Wondery,Marketplace,QCODE,The Last Podcast Network,CBC Podcasts,Heather McDonald / Midroll,Jocko DEFCOR Network,Scicomm Media,C13Originals | Shining City Audio,Hidden Brain,Full Send,Somethin' Else,Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher,Cadence13,NJ.com,Mythical & Ramble,WNYC,Nick Mullen,Team Coco & Earwolf,REVOLT,iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts,WarRoom.org,Emma Chamberlain and Ramble,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash,PodcastOne / Carolla Digital,ABC News

For a special New Year's treat, we take a tour through the history of the universe with the help of… poets. Our guide is Maria Popova, who writes the popular blog The Marginalian (formerly Brain Pickings), and the poetry is from her project, “The Universe in Verse” — an annual event where poets read poems about science, space, and the natural world. Special thanks to all of our poets, musicians, and performers: Marie Howe, Tracy K. Smith, Rebecca Elson, Joan As Police Woman, Patti Smith, Gautam Srikishan, Zoe Keating, and Emily Dickinson. EPISODE CREDITS: Reported by - Lulu Millerwith help from - Maria PopovaProduced by - Sindhu Gnanasambandanwith mixing help from - Jeremy BloomFact-checking by - Natalie A. Middletonand Edited by  - Pat Walters FURTHER READING AND RESEARCH:To dig deeper on this one, we recommendBooks: - Tracy K Smith's “Life On Mars” (https://zpr.io/weTzGTbZyVDT)- Marie Howe's “The Kingdom Of Ordinary Times” (https://zpr.io/Tj9cWTsQxHG3)- Rebecca Elson's “A Responsiblity To Awe” (https://zpr.io/PLR3KL8SfuPR)- Patti Smith's “Just Kids” (https://zpr.io/zM47P5KqqKZx)Music:- Joan As Policewoman (https://joanaspolicewoman.com/)- Gautam Srikishan (https://www.floatingfast.com/)- Zoe Keating (https://www.zoekeating.com/) Internet:- The Marginalian blog post (https://zpr.io/abTuDFH9pfwu) about Vera Rubin- Check out photos of Emily Dickinson's Herbarium (https://zpr.io/XkgTscKBfem6), a book of 424 flowers she picked and pressed and identified while studying the wild botany of Massachusetts.Tracy K. Smith, “My God, It's Full of Stars” from Such Color: New and Selected Poems. Copyright © 2011 by Tracy K. Smith. Read by the author and used with the permission of The Permissions Company, LLC on behalf of Graywolf Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota, www.graywolfpress.org.Fun fact: This episode was inspired by the fact that many Navy ships record the first log entry of the New Year in verse! To see some of this year's poems and learn about the history of the tradition, check out this post by the Naval History and Heritage Command. And, if you want to read a bit from Lulu's interview with sailor poet Lt. Ian McConnaughey, subscribe to our newsletter. Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org. Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

Heather Radke, a writer and contributing editor/reporter at Radiolab, chats with Trey Elling about BUTTS: A BACKSTORY. Topics include: Heather's goal with Butts (0:00) The gluteal cleft (2:13) Why humans evolved to have butts (3:31) How the butt is a Swiss Army Knife (5:26) Male peacocks and the female human butt (7:07) The modern objectification of the female butt beginning with Sarah Baartman 200+ years ago (10:56) Scientists' creating racial hierarchy with butts (and more) in the 1800s (14:44) The bustle in the late 1800s (17:16) The flapper of the 1920s (20:20) Josephine Baker's butt nearly ending European civilization (23:50) Attempting to define "normal" in the mid-1900s (26:08) The model responsible for how many clothing companies determine the fit for women's pants (29:23) Buns of Steel (32:29) The start of 'fat fitness' in the 1980s (35:53) Sir Mix-A-Lot and Baby Got Back (38:13) Why women's butts have been more openly discussed since around 2000 (42:59) Beyonce and "Bootylicious" (46:30) 2014 as the 'Year of the Butt' (49:20) The next big thing in butts (51:22)

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Access WG+ episodes available only on Apple Podcasts -- Similar podcasts: Your Own Backyard,Your Mom's House with Christina P. and Tom Segura,Witnessed: Friendly Fire,We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle,Vigilante,Up First,Up and Vanished,True Crime with Kendall Rae,True Crime Garage,This Is Actually Happening,This American Life,The Seduction,The Ryen Russillo Podcast,The Ramsey Show,The Rachel Maddow Show,The NPR Politics Podcast,The Moth,The Morning Toast,The Mindset Mentor,The Michael Knowles Show,The Megyn Kelly Show,The Matt Walsh Show,The Know For Sure Pod,The Journal.,The Jordan Harbinger Show,The Glenn Beck Program,The Ezra Klein Show,THE ED MYLETT SHOW,The Draymond Green Show,The Deck,The Dan Le Batard Show with Stugotz,The Dan Bongino Show,The Daily,The Charlie Kirk Show,The Breakfast Club,The Bill Simmons Podcast,The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz),The Ben Shapiro Show,Stuff You Should Know,Something Was Wrong,SmartLess,Small Town Murder,Slow Burn,Serious Trouble,Serial,Radiolab,Pod Save America,Planet Money,Persona: The French Deception,Park Predators,Pardon My Take,On Purpose with Jay Shetty,Ologies with Alie Ward,Office Ladies,NPR News Now,My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark,Murder, Mystery & Makeup,Murder With My Husband,Murdaugh Murders Podcast,MrBallen Podcast: Strange, Dark & Mysterious Stories,Mother Country Radicals,Morning Wire,Morbid: A True Crime Podcast,Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin,Marketplace,Louder with Crowder,Listening In,Last Podcast On The Left,Kuper Island,Juicy Scoop with Heather McDonald,Jocko Podcast,Huberman Lab,History is US,Hidden Brain,FULL SEND PODCAST,Fringe Network: Alien State,Fresh Air,Freakonomics Radio,Fly on the Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade,Father Wants Us Dead,Dispatches From Myrtle Beach,Dead End: A New Jersey Political Murder Mystery,Dateline NBC,Cum Town,Crime Junkie,CounterClock,Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend,Caresha Please,Betrayal,Bannon's War Room,Anything Goes with Emma Chamberlain,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash Singh,Anatomy of Murder,American Scandal,American History Tellers,Against The Odds,Adulting with Michelle Buteau and Jordan Carlos,Adam Carolla Show,20/20,2 Bears, 1 Cave with Tom Segura & Bert Kreischer,Chris Lambert,YMH Studios,Campside Media,Glennon Doyle & Cadence13,Kast Media,NPR,Tenderfoot TV,Audioboom Studios & Mile Higher Media,TRUE CRIME GARAGE,Wondery,This American Life,NBC News,The Ringer,Ramsey Network,Rachel Maddow, MSNBC,The Moth,Toast News Network,Rob Dial and Kast Media,The Daily Wire,SiriusXM,B. Simone & Megan Brooks,The Wall Street Journal & Gimlet,Jordan Harbinger,Blaze Podcast Network,New York Times Opinion,Ed Mylett,iHeartPodcasts and The Volume,audiochuck,Dan Le Batard, Stugotz,Cumulus Podcast Network | Dan Bongino,The New York Times,Charlie Kirk,iHeartPodcasts,Ascension Catholic Faith Formation,Something Was Wrong | Wondery,Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett,James Pietragallo, Jimmie Whisman,Slate Podcasts,Josh Barro and Ken White,Serial Productions,WNYC Studios,Crooked Media,Wondery | Pineapple Street Studios,Barstool Sports,Jay Shetty,Alie Ward,Earwolf & Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey,Exactly Right,Audioboom Studios,Cloud10 and iHeartPodcasts,Mandy Matney,MrBallen,Morbid Network | Wondery,Marketplace,QCODE,The Last Podcast Network,CBC Podcasts,Heather McDonald / Midroll,Jocko DEFCOR Network,Scicomm Media,C13Originals | Shining City Audio,Hidden Brain,Full Send,Somethin' Else,Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher,Cadence13,NJ.com,Mythical & Ramble,WNYC,Nick Mullen,Team Coco & Earwolf,REVOLT,iHeartPodcasts and Glass Podcasts,WarRoom.org,Emma Chamberlain and Ramble,Andrew Schulz's Flagrant with Akaash,PodcastOne / Carolla Digital,ABC News

This episode —first released in 2009 and then again in 2015, with an update — asks, what is “normal”? Maybe it exists, maybe not. We examine peace-loving baboons with Stanford neuroscientist Robert Sapolsky, talk to Stu Rasmussen, whose preferred pronouns were he/him (https://zpr.io/nUdsZawNmhwt), and his neighbors in Silverton, Oregon about how a town chooses its community over outsider opinions. And lastly, we speak with an evolutionary anthropologist, Duke University's own Brian Hare, and an evolutionary biologist Tecumseh Fitch, then at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland, now at the University of Vienna, Austria, about foxes who love to snuggle.And what we find is that normal — maybe the only normal — is change. EPISODE CREDITS Reported by - Aaron CohenProduced by - Soren Wheelerwith help from - Annie McEwenCITATIONSArticles -Stu Rasmussen's NYT Obituary (https://zpr.io/nUdsZawNmhwt). Theater - Andrew Russel's “Stu for Silverton” (https://zpr.io/Jn5JP276pwhj) the play based on Stu Rasmussen's life.    Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today.Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.